 Good bright and early morning YouTube. Thanks for tuning back into the channel today right here at the Rust Belt Mechanic So I was going back through some of my questions that I've had from quite a few different users and one of them was You know, what does it take to go into making your YouTube videos? How do you do it? So today we're gonna focus in on that what I do to do YouTube videos When I do them how I do them some editing a little bit of tips and tricks here and there if you guys want To get started on your own YouTube channel. It may not be as flashy as you guys think, but this is how it works guys. Stay tuned So first thing I'd like to point out is yes, even though I do work here at a dealership It's not like I can do and make this content every single day My channel's content kind of revolves around automotive tools Trucks, lifted trucks, my Duramax, so I've got a whole different range of Different ideas that I can work myself through But a lot of the stuff that you guys always say you want to see is stuff that's here at the dealership And like I said, I am the shop foreman here But I don't like to really do videos very often here in the shop now There are some circumstances where my boss says yes, yes Go ahead and do a video on that one that would make some great content And I will go ahead and do that for instance the track Hawk videos I was given permission to do those from work So I went ahead and kind of did them plus they were more along the lines of time-lapse videos I didn't have to do a whole lot of hands-on Camera work here and there while I was doing the video Otherwise I am stuck really doing my videos on the weekend So we're in here on this sunday doing a little bit of content shooting me and captain ron You'll be seeing that on his channel So make sure you go and check out mr. Captain ron We'll put a link to his channel down in the description below Most of the time I'll come up with my content actually through working out the day But I'll just usually get on my phone and I've got a list of probably 30 videos or so that I really need to get to or feel like I want to address and get to But there's just not enough time in the week to get to doing these things So if you guys do your own youtube channel know that Splitting up your time is going to be something that's very important If you have a family you've got to split your time between that work your job Your other friends and everything you're going to have to dull out some kind of the time And you're going to have to Give evenly to each of those areas because you don't want to be lacking in one area You know your family your wife your girlfriend get pissed off something like that because you're doing all these youtube videos And all this editing and everything else that goes along with it So make sure you dull your time out appropriately The next things you guys have to think about regarding your content is exactly what you're putting into your videos What you guys have made your channel out to be the kind of source content that you guys are really aiming and focusing at You guys don't really want to deviate away from that way too much You know on my channel, I do like three different things, but you don't see me doing you know reviews on You know, whatever else it is like iPhones or other things that I end up liking and using you know guys You tuned into this channel For the automotive things the truck things the tool stuff the toolbox things That's what you guys enjoy and you guys tune into throughout the week So that's what I like to keep this channel content aimed at if you guys want to make other content to go along with your channel Then just make another channel. You know, that's all there is to it So stay focused on what you guys really intend to do with your youtube channels Then you also have to worry about what's going on around you like captain ron here noise noise noise You've always got to think about your surroundings and the other stuff that you guys are working with bubble wrap Really That that's what we're working with today Yep, that's what we're working with children. I swear just children So the next thing we're going to talk about is equipment now There's a lot of other youtubers out there that say you don't need a fancy camera You don't need nice mics. You don't need fancy editing software. You don't that is purely up to you guys You really do not need that for instance I personally know other youtubers that they literally Only take video on their smartphone and they do all of their editing on their phone And they can do a pretty decent job at that one now the uploading and everything like that It's going to take more time But we'll get into that later here in the rest of the video me personally I started out using a gopro. I think it was a series two One that I had picked up used and it was something that that's just kind of what I had But I also didn't expect to do as much as I'm doing right now So therefore, you know, like a third of the way into the videos that I've done so far I switched over to a newer camera and a newer setup. So we're going to look at it here in the mirror So a little bit echoey in here, but we'll see how this works For my main camera. This is my Panasonic Lumix g7 camera that I like to use for most of my videos It is a DSLR camera I use a road microphone As you guys can see here with a little cattail on it because a lot of the things that I like to do are outside and It's a lot of other ambient temperatures. Well The lenses on these things are crazy expensive. So having those Is something I'd like to get another wider angle one, but there's they cost more than the camera So right now I've got this thing on this big long Selfie stick that I've got to hold it out Like three feet for me to be able to do anything So we're working with that one for most of my everyday videos And then in the rest of my arsenal, I usually just carry this bag around We've got another couple of a little tripod here I've got my larger tripod that I have actually it's currently at home So we've got that and then the adapter to put my camera onto said tripod Then we've got my drone. I haven't been able to get it out a lot recently because It's freaking cold and snowy and crappy outside and they don't like to work so well in the snow extra a little set for the lens and cover and then my drone Bit there some extra batteries And some extra remotes and batteries for the cameras that I have And then we've got one of these And then for some of the other little projects that we go through and just to get some different angles We've got our go pro hero that one. I actually won on another channel a couple of months ago So that was kind of a nifty thing to have won all the attachments hand attachments and everything for that So primarily that's what captain ron Uses to do a lot of his videos. So he likes to use that one, which is pretty cool It's nice and tight places. So we like to use that one as well Now the middle part, which is the actual content portion of your video is going to be all on you That's all about your style how you like to talk how you like to convey your message Where you like to hold your camera the kind of angles the kind of lighting you like to use if you're doing it inside or outside That's all up to you guys And there are millions and millions of youtube videos that you can see everybody's individual style that they like to use So when you're working on these videos, you have to keep that in mind to where Your attention span of your viewer is going to be based on that So keep it to the style of videos that you enjoy doing Also, again, keep your content relevant to your channel as well All right, so now that we're back at the house Casa de Rust Belt here This is where we're going to be doing all of our editing and whatnot on the computers to try to get everything done Digitally for you guys to enjoy because these videos, they don't just automatically come out as a Pristine pieces of work. No, we got to put a little bit of effort into it So let's go check out the station where I put all these together Not as a video of puppy dogs or anything, but everybody say hi to max and charlotte here mascots of the channel And then over here where we make our videos at So for you guys who are interested this desk from flexi spot is a pretty interesting desk is really easy to Kind of put together and install it came in three boxes The motors and the legs were all kind of in one unit Just had very few screws to put together into that one The desktop came as a second box and then all of these other accessories that come with that are separate as well So I've got a couple of different hanging units off the bottom of it One for a tower there and then I've got a second hanging unit for my power supply In the back right back there. So really those are for cpus But they just hang there and they hold what we need to the motorized unit It's actually able to go quite high It's going to go up to almost four feet up in the air So being able to get to a full standing position makes it Really easy if I don't feel like sitting for a couple hours at a time So when we're talking for me and miss rust belt, she's a whole whopping five four and a fourth Don't let her forget the fourth and then there's a memory spots here for you as well So we've got these into memory. So they're able to Lower to an automatic placement To where you need the desk to actually be at for the correct person who's working with it that day Then we need to give a shout out to easy accessory as well. They sent me this one It's a nice little desk organizer to go along with it wireless qi charging on the phone and some extra Organizational bits for the desk as well Also big shout out to my friend meteorite She's got her own twitch live stream channel where she does eight-bit pixel art of all different Kinds, this is my favorite one of the star fox images that we got from her is a super nice piece And we're going to put the link to hers Down in the description below as well The chair as you saw in my instagram post if you follow me over there is a super high quality piece of furniture It comes from cutting edge solutions They do a certain line of furniture that is nice automotive race seat inspired You got the nice leather race seat the tire tread in the arms here fully adjustable on those up and down The height is fully adjustable as well It sits almost at a bar stool level and then who's not to love in this uh this gear shift Indicator here for the raising mechanism Plus we have the nice coil spring looking to the bottom and the footstool looks like a Nice 70 steering wheel also And all this thing is a really awesome piece of furniture I would definitely recommend that one to anybody again the link to that one to uh cutting edge automotive solution site Is going to be down in the description below So here look into what we're using on our computer have a seat in this nice comfy chair And we've got our premier pro app open the program here on the computer And it's always nice to have a look at star fox looking over you But yeah These things don't come together really quick, but it's not too bad when you've got to set up like this one So when we're talking about doing a lot of this video editing You've got to put a bit of time into that as well when you're doing a random like say 15 minute video or so You're going to have about 30 to 40 minutes into actual filming depending on what kind of stuff that you guys have already ready and Depending on the the captain ron interruptions that you have halfway through it or other interruptions from air compressors or whatever it may be So then you've got that much time in it You've got to be able to put everything onto your computer So you've got to have time to do that time away from all the screaming kids and whatnot Then when we're actually looking into editing I usually spend right around an hour or so of time In each video to actually do the editing when that comes into play Then you've got to have time for rendering so depending on your pc what you've got That's going to take roughly another half hour to 40 minutes to render itself And then you have to take time to actually upload it to youtube Figuring out all your texts all your keywords All of your tags that you want to put into everything spreading it across social media That takes another hour of time. So for that 15 minute or so video You've got right around three to four hours of actual work to put into each and every video So I hope you guys get a good understanding of what that actually takes to do these youtube videos I'm not discouraging you at all In fact, I am actually going to say go ahead and do these youtube videos because Getting your views and your information out is what the platform is all about Being able to show what you guys think in your respective fields Getting your ideas out there and getting different views from everybody else in the community as well The tool and truck and lifted stuff Communities that were a part of as part of these videos have been super amazing And being able to add to them has been probably the most rewarding part of doing all of these youtube videos Well guys, that's about all I've got for you today If you like the content like this, make sure you get a thumbs up to it Make sure you turn on that bell notification So you get notified of when I come out with cool and awesome new content like this one As always guys, just remember you stay awesome